Name ______________________________
Date ____________________ Pd _______
The Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement
I. The Modern Civil Rights Movement (1954-1965)
A. Early Successes in Civil Rights
1. By 1950, the United States was a _______________________ society:
a. __________________ laws throughout the South created a segregated society (_______________ segregation)
b. __________________ to the suburbs left African Americans in poor inner cities (_____________ segregation)
B. But after WWII, African Americans gained success in civil rights
1. In 1948, ____________________ became the 1st president to attack segregation:
a. Truman issued an executive order to ______________________________________________
b. He outlawed ____________________________ in the hiring of government employees
2. In 1947, _____________________________________ was the 1st black major league baseball player
C. Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)
1. The _________________________________________________________ began in 1954 with the Supreme Court decision Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
a. The _______________ took the lead in civil rights; Segregated _______________ became their primary target
b. Their strategy was to use lawsuits to challenge that segregation violated the ____________________________
2. Brown v Board of Education in 1954
a. The Topeka school district denied Linda Brown from attending a ________________ 4 blocks from her house
b. NAACP lawyer __________________________ used the 14th Amendment to attack public school segregation
c. Marshall argued that even “____________” schools, if separate, imply that black children are _____________ to whites
3. The Supreme Court’s _______________________ decision in Brown v Board of Education (1954) ruled “separate facilities are inherently _____________________”
a. Chief Justice _____________________________ stated that segregation violated the “equal protection clause” of the 14th Amendment
b. The decision overturned the ___________________________________ (1896) “separate but equal” precedent
4. The Brown decision was divisive:
a. Schools ____________________ in Baltimore, St Louis, & Washington DC
b. But Southern state leaders vowed to _____________ integration & the ________ returned to block integration
c. At first, President Eisenhower left enforcement of Brown up to states & did not _______________ the decision
5. Little Rock, Arkansas
a. In 1957, President __________________________ was forced to support integration
b. Arkansas governor Orval Faubus called the National Guard to keep ______________________________ from enrolling in Little Rock’s Central High School
c. Eisenhower sent the ________ to force integration for the black students (the “________________________”)
II. Conclusions:
A. The Brown v BOE decision was the first major step towards ending _______________________________ in America
1. The ___________________ provided a model for other civil rights leaders to follow by using the 14th Amendment
2. Resistance to Brown revealed that civil rights leaders could not __________ on the ____________ to protect rights
B. _________________________________ would soon emerge to take charge of the movement
Timeline:
A Brief History of African American
Injustices & Civil
Rights (1607-1954)
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Civil War & Reconstruction (1861-1877) |
Gilded Age & Progressives (1870-1920) |
WWI & 1920s (1917-1929) |
Depression & World War II (1929-1945) |
Post War (1945-1`954) |
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Injustices Towards African Americans (Cards A-I go on top of the timeline) |
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Card A Deep South states seceded due to threats on slavery After the Civil War, states created black codes to limit the liberties of freedmen Rise of the KKK |
Card B Manifest Destiny increased slavery in the West Fugitive slave law, Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, John Brown’s raid increased tensions over slavery |
Card C African Americans were drafted into segregated units, but few were allowed to fight in the war Most black Americans remain sharecroppers |
Card D The first African slaves arrive in Jamestown, VA Within 50 years, slaves outnumbered poor, white indentured servants in America |
Card E White flight left African Americans in poor cities Despite the booming post-war economy, segregation laws keep blacks unequal |
Card F Most black Americans remain sharecroppers Most New Deal programs did not help poor black Soldiers fought in segregated units again |
Card G “King Cotton” expanded the use of slavery throughout the South Northern textile factories used Southern cotton and therefore tolerated slavery |
Card H The Jim Crow Era begins & legal segregation begins Poll taxes & literacy tests Plessy v Ferguson Sharecropping is dominant |
Card I After the American Revolution, the new U.S. government did not free slaves The 3/5 Compromise allowed slaves to count towards state population |
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Civil Rights Achievements (Cards 1-9 go below the timeline) |
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Card 1 Emancipation Proclamation 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments Freedman’s Bureau Military zones were created in the South to protect former slaves |
Card 2 The first Great Migration led many African Americans into Northern cities for high paying jobs Harlem Renaissance is an explosion of black cultural achievements |
Card 3 During the Articles of Confederation, slavery was banned in the Northwest Territories |
Card 4 President Truman ordered the military integrated Jackie Robinson integrated professional baseball |
Card 5 The Missouri Compromise in 1820 limited the growth of slavery above 36°30’ |
Card 6 Abolitionism became more popular in the North “Free soil” Republicans wanted to stop the spread of slavery into the West |
Card 7 WEB Dubois & Booker T Washington debated the best way to achieve civil rights The NAACP was formed |
Card 8 The Stono Rebellion in SC was the 1st major slave uprising |
Card 9 A Philip Randolph pushed FDR to create the Fair Employment Practices Commission (equal pay) Great Migration continues |
A nswer Key
Timeline:
A Brief History of African American
Injustices & Civil
Rights (1607-1954)
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Colonial
Era |
The
New Nation |
Early
Antebellum |
Late
Antebellum |
Civil War & Reconstruction (1861-1877) |
Gilded Age & Progressives (1870-1920) |
WWI & 1920s (1917-1929) |
Depression & World War II (1929-1945) |
Post War (1945-1`954) |
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Injustices Towards African Americans (Cards A-I go on top of the timeline) |
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Card A Deep South states seceded due to threats on slavery After the Civil War, states created black codes to limit the liberties of freedmen Rise of the KKK |
Card B Manifest Destiny increased slavery in the West Fugitive slave law, Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, John Brown’s raid increased tensions over slavery |
Card C African Americans were drafted into segregated units, but few were allowed to fight in the war Most black Americans remain sharecroppers |
Card D The first African slaves arrive in Jamestown, VA Within 50 years, slaves outnumbered poor, white indentured servants in America |
Card E White flight left African Americans in poor cities Despite the booming post-war economy, segregation laws keep blacks unequal |
Card F Most black Americans remain sharecroppers Most New Deal programs did not help poor black Soldiers fought in segregated units again |
Card G “King Cotton” expanded the use of slavery throughout the South Northern textile factories used Southern cotton and therefore tolerated slavery |
Card H The Jim Crow Era begins & legal segregation begins Poll taxes & literacy tests Plessy v Ferguson Sharecropping is dominant |
Card I After the American Revolution, the new U.S. government did not free slaves The 3/5 Compromise allowed slaves to count towards state population |
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Civil Rights Achievements (Cards 1-9 go below the timeline) |
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Card 1 Emancipation Proclamation 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments Freedman’s Bureau Military zones were created in the South to protect former slaves |
Card 2 The first Great Migration led many African Americans into Northern cities for high paying jobs Harlem Renaissance is an explosion of black cultural achievements |
Card 3 During the Articles of Confederation, slavery was banned in the Northwest Territories |
Card 4 President Truman ordered the military integrated Jackie Robinson integrated professional baseball |
Card 5 The Missouri Compromise in 1820 limited the growth of slavery above 36°30’ |
Card 6 Abolitionism became more popular in the North “Free soil” Republicans wanted to stop the spread of slavery into the West |
Card 7 WEB Dubois & Booker T Washington debated the best way to achieve civil rights The NAACP was formed |
Card 8 The Stono Rebellion in SC was the 1st major slave uprising |
Card 9 A Philip Randolph pushed FDR to create the Fair Employment Practices Commission (equal pay) Great Migration continues |
APPENDIX 1 DETAILED PERFORMANCE OF THE COMBINATIONS AVERAGE BEGINNING
ARRAY QUILT IN MATH WE ARE BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND
ASEPSIS ASPECTS OF HISTORY OF ASEPSIS THE BEGINNING WAS
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